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Nixon & Eisenhower on Personal health and Presidential support

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 2:39 PM–2:41 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Mamie G.Conversation302-011 on Tape 302 (tape position 00:08:04–00:11:30)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 2:39 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 2:41 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 302-011 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower to check on her well-being while she was staying near an Army post in San Antonio. The President expressed his support for her medical care and offered to provide a military jet to assist with her travel arrangements, though she opted to continue traveling by train. The call concluded with the President sending his regards to her medical staff and confirming plans for their next meeting.

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Yeah.
Oh, fine.
Hello?
Well, I just called to see how you're doing.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Oh.
Are you in Austin?
San Antonio.
Oh, I see.
I knew it was him.
I see.
Well, that's fine.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
What?
Well, the cops told me about it.
You blew it in your lungs and then you're like... Yeah, my God.
Yeah.
Well, tell me how's the, but they're nice there, aren't they, the people?
Isn't that great?
Well, it's good you were near a place where you had some good folks.
Yeah, your folks.
That's right.
That's right.
It is an Army post, isn't it?
Is that right?
Yes, yes.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Right.
Well, you're going by train now, huh?
I see.
You wouldn't want to take a plane.
I could have a little jet star take you out.
All right.
OK. All right.
That's all right.
Yeah, I got you.
Well, OK.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I'm sorry.
No problem on that one.
You're entitled.
We want you to have the best.
We want you to have the best.
They'll give you the best, too, I know.
Good.
Good.
Will you tell all those nurses and doctors I called earlier?
Okay.
And we'll see you a week from Saturday.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
It's longer than that.
A month from Saturday.
Right.
You'll make it.
You'll make it.
Good.
Good.
Bye.
You sound great.
Bye.
Go, Sheriff.
I can tell.
Okay.
You stay late.
Okay.
Bye.
Thank you.

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 302-11

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 2:39 pm - 2:41 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Mamie G.D. Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 13-29]
  • 013-029 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 013-030 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
  • 302-012 2:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
  • 013-031 2:42 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 302-013 2:42 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 013-032 2:58 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 013-033 2:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 302-014 3:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:06 pm.

Conversation 302-011, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-011 (accessed September 30, 2026).